Al-Fatiha Foundation
Axios DC
Bet Mischpachah
Cedar Lane
Unitarian Universalist Church
Connect DC
DC Radical Faeries
Dignity/Washington
Ecumenicon Fellowship
Faith Temple
Foundry United Methodist Church
Human Rights Campaign Religion and Faith Program
Interfaith Fairness Coalition of Maryland
Luther Place Memorial Church
Metropolitan Community Church of Washington, DC
Open Door Center for Spirituality
Riverside Baptist Church
Saint John the Beloved
Stone Circle Tradition of Wicca
Unity Fellowship Church
The al-Fatiha Foundation is an international organization dedicated to Muslims who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender; those questioning their sexual orientation or gender identity; and their friends. Al-Fatiha's goal is to provide a safe space and a forum for LGBTQ Muslims to address issues of common concern and to share individual experiences and institutional resources. The al-Fatiha Foundation aims to support LGBTQ Muslims in reconciling their sexual orientation or gender identity within Islam. Al-Fatiha promotes the Islamic values of social justice, peace, and tolerance, to bring all closer together in a world that is free from prejudice, injustice, and discrimination. Write to: Al-Fatiha Foundation, P.O. Box 33532, Washington, DC 20033. E-mail: gaymuslims@yahoo.com; web site: www.al-fatiha.org.
Axios DC is the Washington affiliate of a national organization of people bound to the ancient churches of the East by bonds of faith, descent, culture, relationship, and friendship. Our group prays Vespers (in English) followed by a potluck on the third Friday of the month at St. Thomas Episcopal Church at 18th and Church Sts. near the Dupont Circle metro. We also meet in members' homes and other locations for events such as the Great Blessing of Water, Old Christmas, or Pascha. All are most welcome. For information go to our website or call (202) 997-6489.
Bet Mishpachah is an egalitarian Jewish congregation of gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender persons, their families, friends, and allies, that welcomes all who wish to participate. We strive to provide a supportive environment in which our congregants can realize their full spiritual, intellectual, and ethical potential through Torah (study), Avodah (worship), Gemilut Chasadim (social action), and Kehilah (mutual support). We meet at the DCJCC, 16th and Q Streets NW, Washington, DC. For information about services and activities see our web page at www.betmishpachah.org.
Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church has an active history of participation in and support of the LGBT community. We are an official UUA "Welcoming Congregation," which is an initiative specifically designed to include and address the needs of LGBT persons at every level of congregational life. Our church is open to people of all beliefs to worship in community and in support and celebration of varied backgrounds and histories. Cedar Lane offers same-sex services-of-union, a strong religious education program for children, adult education in many forms on a variety of topics of interest, and a safe and nurturing community for expression of lifestyle and individual beliefs. An active LGBT Task Force sponsors ongoing activities to support educational, social, and social justice advocacy opportunities for all members of the Cedar Lane community. Visit www.cedarlane.org to learn more about our dynamic faith community!
Connect DC is a Wiccan-based public ritual group that seeks to heal and transform the city of Washington DC through magic, mystery, and celebration. Celebrating magic in public spaces since 1999, our motto, "Stop, drop, and do ritual" sums up our philosophy in seeking public and accessible spaces to do magic. Connect DC creates ritual at boundary stones, in the parks, on city streets, behind the White House, next to the Anacostia River, and within national demonstrations. Our goals are to heal our city with magic, mystery, and celebration, and to create an expectation for public pagan ritual in the city proper.
The DC Radical Faeries is a community-based organization of people of all genders who explore queer spirituality. We promote an understanding of Earth-based religions and interfaith cooperation. We welcome all queer spirits, straight, gay, bi, trans, two-spirited or searching. We welcome people from all walks of life who want to share and nurture their essential fabulosity. For the past seven years we have hosted weekly potlucks and annual events open to the community. Incorporated as a nonprofit organization in the District of Columbia, in 2005 we received our federal 501(c)3 tax exempt status. Visit our website: www.dcradfeys.org call our RadFey Event Line: 202-309-5486; or contact us by e-mail at info@dcradfeys.org.
Dignity/Washington is a welcoming faith community of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Catholics, our families, and our friends. Dignity/Washington was founded in 1972 and is a chapter in the national organization, Dignity/USA. Every Sunday at 6 pm, D/W sponsors a Catholic Mass at St. Margaret's in Dupont Circle for the community, and all are welcome to attend. D/W also plans and sponsors other programs and activities, spiritual and social, and involving outreach to the larger LGBT community, the Church, and society. For more information about Dignity/Washington, please call (202) 546-2235 or visit www.dignitywashington.org.
Ecumenicon Fellowship is a multi-faith church founded in Maryland in 1987. We welcome all positive faith traditions and have been openly welcoming of all people including gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning people since our foundation. Our principles of ecumenism, syncretism, eclecticism, and mysticism are meant to embrace all people in their faith journeys. We have members in the tri-state area as well as Delaware, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Texas.
Faith Temple is a nondenominational charismatic, liberationist church founded in 1982 with a special ministry to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people of color. But all are welcome and encouraged to attend. Faith Temple is a church where people dare to believe the impossible; a church where people experience the transforming power of Jesus Christ; a church where everyone is welcome, no matter their background; a church where people are built up, not torn down. Currently meeting at 1:00 PM Sundays at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church-Lincoln Chapel, 1313 New York Avenue, Washington, DC 20005. (202) 232-4911 wamrrmv@aol.com.
Foundry United Methodist Church
has been a spiritual leader in the nation's capital for
more than 186 years. In a city often characterized by transience and change,
Foundry has remained a steadfast beacon long recognized for its commitment
to mission service, social justice, and reconciliation. Foundry's ministers
are viewed as models of influential and dedicated parish leadership.
Distinguished by their scholarship, oratory, caring counsel, and deep commitment
to Christian principles, they have extended the church's reputation as a voice
of conscience, reason, and hope for residents of and visitors to our city.
Located at 16th and P Streets NW in Washington's Dupont Circle neighborhood
one mile north of the White House, Foundry is easily accessible by public
transport.
Human Rights Campaign Religion and Faith Program's
mission is to change the conversation about gay, lesbian, bisexual and
transgender people and faith. Because of the pioneering efforts of brave
religious people speaking out for equality, a new movement for change is
emerging that embraces a culture of welcome, compassion, and hospitality, values
that are at the heart of all our faith traditions.
HRC's program is engaged in this movement at every level. We have created
much-needed resources, such as our online weekly preaching and devotional
resource Out In Scripture, our Living
Openly in Your Place of Worship guide, and our biweekly
e-newsletter. Through our Religion Council we are ensuring that every month
10 million Americans hear diverse religious voices speaking about equality in
newspapers, radio, television, blogs and webcasts. Our work with 23
Progressive State Clergy Coalitions is also spreading equality on the state and
local level. And, through our Clergy Safe Space Conversations, we are
having difficult, yet faithful, conversations with religious leaders struggling
to reconcile their faith with GLBT concerns.
Interfaith Fairness Coalition of Maryland exists to foster more positive perspectives on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people within religious bodies in cooperation with existing gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender LGBT- friendly religious organizations. Founded in 1999 with a grant from Paint Branch Unitarian Church, it now publishes a semiannual directory of LGBT religious, social, and political organizations indexed by faith tradition and location. For more info go to www.ifcmd.org.
Luther Place Memorial Church is a Reconciling in Christ Congregation and welcomes Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Persons and their Allies into full participation in all aspects of congregational life. Luther Place is also proud and grateful for their growing partnership in ministry with Unity Fellowship Church DC.
Metropolitan Community Church of Washington, DC: We are celebrating our 37th anniversary this year! We have grown from humble beginnings with a few people who came together for worship in a town house on Capitol Hill to a congregation of almost 500 members who have built an award winning ministry facility at the corner of 5th and Ridge Streets, NW. MCCDC is especially proud to have expanded their ministry by: offering financial assistance through several funds which help meet immediate human need, especially for people living with HIV/AIDS; by assisting in the founding of several other Metropolitan Church Community in the Mid-Atlantic area; and by sending forth at least 19 people to ministry and service in other parts of the country. We are proud to be a part of the LGBT community in the Washington, DC area! Please join us for our Sunday Services at 9:00 am (ASL and infant care) and 11:00 am (children's and teens' ministry). 474 Ridge St. NW, Washington, DC 20001. Phone: (202) 638-7373, TTY: (202) 638-1030, e-mail: board@mccdc.com, website: www.mccdc.com.
Open Door Center for Spirituality - As an affiliate ministry of Open Door Metropolitan Community Church, and located on 12 beautiful acres in Boyds, MD (upper Montgomery County), the Center for Spirituality provides opportunities for spiritual inquiry and growth through dialogue, experience, and education. Recognizing that spiritual growth is both personal and continual—and yet lived out in relationship with others—the Center for Spirituality exists to provide a safe atmosphere where all people, regardless of theological difference, may come together to find guidance and strength for the spiritual journey—both corporate and individual. The Open Door Center for Spirituality provides quality workshop and retreat programming (both day and weekend programs) to foster spiritual growth and understanding among persons of various theological and liturgical traditions. Retreats vary from those within the mainstream of Christianity to those rooted in earth-based spiritual experiences such as drumming, Reiki, and meditation. For more information on upcoming events please contact: Open Door Center for Spirituality, 15817 Barnesville Road, P.O. Box 127, Boyds, MS 20841-0127. E-mail: odmcc@earthlink.net. Website: www.opendoormcc.com. Phone: (301) 916-5777. Fax: (301) 916-0618.
Riverside Baptist Church: Christ-centered, interracial, and inclusive. A welcoming and affirming church. Service on Sundays at 10 a.m. 680 I St. SW, Washington, DC at 7th and Maine. For more info: 202-554-4330 or www.riverside-dc.org. We draw the circle of redemption as large as we can. We do not believe we are a white church, a black church, a male church, a female church, a heterosexual church or a homosexual church. We want to be the church of Jesus Christ. We believe in the power of the Gospel to erase barriers and make of us one people. To that vision we are abidingly committed!
Saint John the Beloved on Capitol Hill: An inclusive and welcoming Old Catholic church at 201 4th Street, SE Washington DC 20023. The Historical Red Brick Church between Pennsylvania and Independence Ave., SE Between the Capitol South and Eastern Market Metro. Service time: Sundays at 5:00 pm. Pastor: Most Reverend Charles F. Braun, DD. (202) 486-3071 StJohnBeloved@aol.com - Associate Pastor: Msgr. Gerald V. Miller, S.S.M., Ph.D. (202) 554-8334 stmaryscenterdc@hotmail.com.
The Stone Circle Tradition of Wicca is a Wiccan mystery tradition within the larger family of the Four Quarters Interfaith Sanctuary of Earth Religion, which exists to promote the spiritual development of Dedicants and Initiates; to encourage responsible fulfillment of diverse Wiccan vocations to priest/esshood; and to offer service to Four Quarters, to all in Earth's Household, and to the Divine Spirit of the Universe, One and Many, Male, Female, Both, and Neither. We are a Church Circle of Four Quarters. We recognize our responsibility to the unfolding future of Wicca as a religion. Understanding ourselves as a teaching and learning community within a larger religious tradition just beginning to find its way in the world, we commit ourselves to advancing a pragmatic perspective that emphasizes authenticity, integrity, compassion, and wisdom. For more information about Stone Circle Wicca, please contact Qira Clarenbach at qira2122@gmail.com or Jonathan D. White at jwhite13@rcn.com. For more information about Four Quarters, please see www.4qf.org.
Unity Fellowship Church of Washington, DC is an all-inclusive ministry based on Liberation Theology, an authentic religious doctrine acknowledged by traditional schools of thought. It is based on the belief that the faith of free people binds them to value and respect the distinctive humanity in others and their right to be free. Liberation Theology is doctrine dedicated to freeing people from dependence and dominance from systems and beliefs that oppress. Founding Pastor: Rev. Dyan Abena McCray.